The pool includes Cierra Carpenter, the mother of James Hartman; Matthew Hartman, Jerrod Hartman’s father and president of Findlay’s Tour de Force CRM software company; and Chris Ostrander, president of North American Tire Operations at Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. and a family friend.

Ostrander defended Jerrod Hartman in a November letter to Findlay Municipal Court. Hartman’s account of accidentally falling asleep with his son on the couch was genuine, Ostrander wrote.

The witness list comprises dozens of people among area law enforcement, medical personnel and family members.